altan

See also: Altan, altán, áltán, and ältan

Danish

altan

Etymology

From Italian altana (“balcony”), from alto, from Latin altus (“high”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /altaːn/, [alˈtˢæːˀn]

Noun

altan c (singular definite altanen, plural indefinite altaner)

1. (architecture) balcony (structure extending from a building)

Inflection

Declension of altan

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	altan	altanen	altaner	altanerne
genitive	altans	altanens	altaners	altanernes

Derived terms

• fransk altan c

See also

• altan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

altan

1. accusative singular of alta

Irish

Noun

altan f (genitive singular altaine, nominative plural altana)

1. Alternative form of altán (“sharp knife”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
altan	n-altan	haltan	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “altán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Oroqen

Noun

altan

1. gold (metal)

References

• Li, Fengxiang and Lindsay J. Whaley, Oroqen vocabulary, in Martin Haspelmath & Uri Tadmor (editors), World Loanword Database, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library (2009)

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

altan m pl

1. plural of alt

Swedish

en altan (sense 1)

en altan (sense 2)

Etymology

From Italian altana (“balcony”), from alto, from Latin altus (“high”).

Noun

altan c

2. (architecture) a deck (adjoining a building – like a porch/veranda without a roof, with or without a railing)

   Katten låg på altanen och lapade sol

   The cat was lying on the deck, soaking up the sun

4. (architecture) a (large) balcony (supported by pillars or the like)

Usage notes

Most well known in (sense 1). Likely to be called a balkong (“balcony”) in (sense 2) by many native speakers.

Declension

Declension of altan
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	altan	altanen	altaner	altanerna
Genitive	altans	altanens	altaners	altanernas

See also

• balkong (“balcony”)
• däck
• farstukvist
• terrass
• uteplats (“patio”)
• veranda (“porch, veranda”)

References

• altan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• altan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• altan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• antal, talan